This is the first image of Eyes on the prize started last night. I have put down mostly an orange and burnt sienna base. Tonight I am beginning to cover that up with different golds.
Scott Von Holzen
Author: Scott Von Holzen
I am currently renewing an artistic adventure that first started in 1974, and ended in the early 1980's. A casual comment restarted the quest in art in 2004. Now, at night I am surrounded by artworks done and in progress, shelves full of art books, my music collection playing through a classic NAD amp and a pair of solid, classic free standing speakers, my piano, violin, blues guitar, and saxophone. So all is musical no matter what I am up to in the studio.
Since I was a kid I have had the urge to be creative Now, in my later sixties, I am determine to know. I want to follow this to the end to see what these paintings, and all this music amounts to. This is probably the last great adventure I will have, so I am all in.
So, watch out for nonstop music, canvases with multiple panels, with paint spread thick or dribbled on, words with meaning, and results that will challenge, push the meaning of music, and may even splash back. This blog's real purpose is to document my story in the making, and you are welcomed to follow along.
Thank you for your support.
Scotty Von Holzen
AT LAST is finished but not photographed
I finished this painting on the 5th. Because my camera is not available for another week it will take that much time to get a good photo of this work. This is the largest I have done; 36″ by 10 feet. Right now it is, of course, hanging in my living room. This is a very good painting that was a challenge to complete. I hit the wall with the two Eighth notes, with layer after layer failing to give the finished look I needed to keep this canvas in balance. By the way the eighth notes are the two with the fan look at the center of the painting. Even trying to follow the style of Time after Time did not help beyond just the physics. Finally, it was again just the matter of letting the painting find it’s own way. It only took a few moments and they were done.
I will post a close up, maybe on Monday. Today I have also started a new canvas Eyes on the Prize, sung by Pete Seeger and lately Bruce Springsteen.
Scott Von Holzen
At Last
This a terrible picture from my iPhone. What can I say At Last is a 36″ by 10 foot painting and you loose a lot when you are displaying it using 400 pixels. Had a trial of a time with the two 8th notes. I kept walking over to, whatever is the name of my last painting that is currently being posted on my website picture, to see how it was done. So I gave it a try to repeat myself and guess what the unexpected expected happened. Each painting demands it’s own identity and refuses to cooperate when I just try to refine a technique I learn from a previous work. It never happens, and eventual I find a way to make the canvas happy, and bring all the parts back into focus.
I love this battle. I know I am still young and naive to the techniques and understandings of paint and the infinite possibilities that are there………….there to figure out each night from hundreds of problems each of these canvases present.
Scott Von Holzen
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